Crashes on startup in Ubuntu / Pop! OS

[forgetfuljones]

Plan

Premium

Country

Norway

Device

System76 Galago Pro 13"

Operating System

Pop! OS (Ubuntu 19.04)

My Question or Issue

When I start Spotify, a black window appears, then the application immediately crashes with this message in stderr:

[0805/134836.559082:ERROR:buffer_manager.cc(488)] [.DisplayCompositor]GL ERROR :GL_INVALID_OPERATION : glBufferData: <- error from previous GL command

Segmentation fault (core dumped)

Output from spotify --version
Spotify version 1.1.10.546.ge08ef575, Copyright (c) 2019, Spotify Ltd

Output from journalctl -f:

Aug 05 13:43:37 pop-os gnome-shell[1942]: g_environ_setenv: assertion 'value != NULL' failed
Aug 05 13:43:37 pop-os spotify.desktop[1942]: [0805/134337.659787:ERROR:buffer_manager.cc(488)] [.DisplayCompositor]GL ERROR :GL_INVALID_OPERATION : glBufferData: <- error from previous GL command
Aug 05 13:43:38 pop-os kernel: Curl Thread[29180]: segfault at b6fa5b588d ip 00007fd3a5c50ce5 sp 00007fd339ff90f0 error 4 in libcurl-gnutls.so.4.5.0[7fd3a5c0a000+60000]
Aug 05 13:43:38 pop-os kernel: Code: 07 00 00 ff 10 31 c0 48 c7 83 40 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 5b c3 90 53 48 89 fb 48 89 f7 31 f6 48 8b 83 c0 0f 00 00 48 85 c0 74 12 <48> 8b 80 20 02 00 00 48 85 c0 74 06 8b b0 28 02 00 00 0f b6 8b c8

[forgetfuljones]

Update: I managed to get to the login screen the first time I started spotify, and checked "remember me". If I delete ~/.config/spotify, that is still reproducible, but right after login, the Title bar changes to "Spotify Premium", then the application crashes like before.

[forgetfuljones · Accepted solution]

It looks as if with the most recent update to Pop! OS and the system76 driver, Spotify has suddenly started working. Looks like this wasn't a Spotify issue per se?

[mercurio3por3]

I kave kubuntu 19.04, same Spotify client version, the same version of libcurl-gnutls.so.4.5.0 and I experience the same crash on startup, showing as segfault in the journal log, etc. Has by any chance your version of libcurl been upgraded during your last Pop! OS update?

[mercurio3por3]

The issue is resolved here: https://community.spotify.com/t5/Desktop-Linux/Ubuntu-19-04-deb-package-segfault/m-p/4764926/highlig...

Spotify 1:1.1.10.546.ge08ef575-19 crashes with libcurl-gnutls.so.4.5.0. You either downgrade spotify, use snap package or temporarily (and only for spotify) use updated libcurl3-gnutls and libgnutls, as described by chris208

[Respect18]

I have 19.10 and no songs load, web player works, this is why I will never be premium user:

[Respect18]

Now using the web player for streaming and the snap client for local music and it's working well and on my phone. Hooray a little convoluted but it works, and I realize linux is a small market share but we want to use it too haha!

And sound comes through speakers? Nicely done!